Medicare-Aid For Help With Medicare Costs

Individuals who have Medicare coverage may be eligible to have their Medicare premiums paid by Medicaid if their income is between 100% and 135% of the poverty level. There is a limit on resources.

Your Medicare-Aid Benefit depends on your monthly income

If income is no more than:		Your Medicare-Aid Benefit is payment of:
Individual	Couple
$798	$1070	Part B premiums ($78.20 per month) Part A premiums (when applicable) Medicare hospital deductible ($912) Medicare annual deductible ($110) 20% Medicare co-payment
$957	$1,283	Part B premiums ($78.20 per month)
$1077	$1,444	Part B premiums ($78.20 per month) Funds for this program may be limited

Income includes:

Social Security
Veterans Benefits
Pensions and other retirement benefits and
Wages (some income can be disregarded).

Resources Include:

cash
bank accounts
second car
retirement accounts
stocks and bonds and
real estate that is not your home.
Your resources must be no more than $4,000 for an individual, or $6,000 for a couple. Resources DO NOT INCLUDE your home, car, household furnishings, clothing or other personal effects such as jewelry.

Medicare-Aid only pays for services covered by Medicare. Therefore, it DOES NOT pay for prescriptions or eyeglasses.

Contact Information

Kathryn Barnwell
(828) 250-5795
kathryn.barnwell@buncombecounty.org

Department of Social Services
40 Coxe Avenue
Asheville NC 28802
(828) 250-5500

DISCLAIMER: The information contained in the following pages was considered correct at the time of publication. Buncombe County Government reserves the right to make changes at any time and without notice, and assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly as a result of errors, omissions or discrepancies.

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